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ArchiveBorn 1974 in London, U.K.
William Cobbing is an artist living and working in London. Starting from a sculptural sensibility his artwork encompasses a diverse range of media, including video, installation and performance. In the artworks, people are often depicted as being fused with the surrounding architecture, as extensions of the plumbing, or buried under layers of clay or concrete, from which they absurdly struggle to extricate themselves. The space in which he installs the artwork is where it takes shape, often responding to the layout of a gallery or an external context such as the façade of a building, or through replacing manhole covers in the street. The artworks have a surreal, uncanny sensibility, creating an incongruent sensation in otherwise mundane situations.
 William Cobbing, 'Untitled', 2008, radiator, plaster, paint |
